International Bureau of Weights and Measures votes to eliminate leap second
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The International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM) has voted to remove the leap second from global timekeeping. This change aims to prevent potential infrastructure failures similar to those feared during the Y2K bug scare by avoiding irregular time adjustments that align clocks with Earth's rotation.
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Originally published by theverge